Lister cultivator



Feb. 18, 1930. L. KIRLIN I 1,747,515

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Patented Feb, 1%, 1930 mans LINDEN KIRLIN, OF BEATTIE, KANSAS LISTER CULTIVATOR Application filed November 28, 1927. Serial No. 236,182.

This invention relates to cultivatorsand more especially to cultivators of the type used in cultivating listed corn and adapted chiefly for cultivating two rows of corn at a time 5 though adaptable for use in cultivating a single row at a time.

The improvement relates more particularly, to that class of cultivators in which two gangs'of cultivating and supporting applia-nces are connected by a bridging bar or bars in such manner that the gangs will automatically adjust themselves to accommodate irregularities in the parallel relation of the furrows or in the pulling of the draft animals.

Heretofore all disk cultivators of the type referred to, have been mounted upon wheels or runners and have been provided behind the wheels or runners with soil-turning disks followed ordinarily by cultivating shovels, knives or the like. Cultivators of the type outlined have been used for many years and have always been open to the following ob- I jections, to wit: Lack of proper balance on the carrying wheels or runners; the necessity for raising the disks when turning at the ends of a field to avoid unnecessary work on the part of the draft animals; the imposition of undesirable tongue weight on the necks of the draft animals, especially when working in hard ground; and the necessity for driving very carefully in starting in at the end of a row to insure the entrance of the wheels or runners properly in the furrow and thus avoid injury toor destruction of plants by engagement therewith of the disks or shovels. r

Accordingly it is my objectto produce a cultivator in which the disks are located in front of instead of behind the wheels or runners. By so locating the disks it has been found in actual use in the field, that the weight of the machine is balanced more efficiently on the carrying wheels or runners, the hitch is shortened or brought closer to the draft of the machine and hence minimizes tongue weight on the horses and strain on by having the shovels closer to the carrying wheels than was possible with the disks at the rear of the said wheels, the danger of the shovels coming in contact with the plants in the bottoms of the furrows is materially lessened. It has been found that, by this arrangement, the necessity for raising the disks in turning atthe end of a field is avoided and it is only necessary to raise the shovels,

and in order that it may be fully understood,

reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

' Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a double row disk cultivator embodying the V invention.

Figure 2 is a side View of the same. Referring now to the drawing in detail, each single row cultivator or each gang or member of a double row cultivator, comprises a rigid skeleton frame composed of a tongue 1, and a rectangular, frame consisting of a pair of side bars 2 spaced at opposite sides of and extending rearwardly beyond the tongue and having their front ends converging inwardly and fastened to the tongue,

and of a rear crossbar 3and front cross bar 4, said bars rigidly connecting the side bars. The frame also embodies longitudinal brace straps 5 rigid with the side bars 2 and underlying the same and forming apartof the rigid connection between the front and rear cross bars. Adjustably spaced apart are the carrying elements, shown in this instance as wheels 6, the same being disposed equal distances froin the longitudinal axis of the tongue, and arms 7 on which the wheels are journaled, which arms are adjustably clamped as at 8 to the rear cross bar of the rectangular frame. As thus far described the construction is conventional andthe same in both the single and double row type of cul- J raising the cultivating shovelsh'ereinafter 7 front of'the wheels, is conventional and the disk supports are also of the usual or any preferred type, being shown in this' instance as'arms'16 adjustably clamped as at l'Z onthe tivators. In the latter a longitudinal bar 9 11 secured in any suitable manner to the rear cross bar, and saidbar 9 for the two row lister,is pr'eferablylaterallyinclined to accommodate the inward and upward inclination of a toothed sector 12 ,rigidly secured to Y row cultivator, and in the latter case the two bar 9, and a lever 13 pivoted tosaid bar 9 and provided with the customary latch; mechanism 1 1 for engagement with the sector.

The inclination mentioned is necessary in the:

two row type of cultivator becausethe seat (not shown) for the driver, is located between the two gangs, and the'driver with one hand'or the other, must'operate the levers respectively, in the construction shown, for

. identified, of the respective gangs when turning at the end of a row.

For properly opening up 'thefurrowat opposite sides of a row ofplants being culti vated, disks 15. of conventional type are ar ranged directly forward of'the wheels and are arranged in forwardly-converging relation for'the purpose of turning the soil. outwardly to.a prescribed depth and making it easier-for the wheels to maintain their proper position in the furrow with relation to the row of plants between them; The entire con-. struction as thus far described with the fundamental exception of locating the disks in front cross bar 4.

For cultivating the ground behind the wheels and outward thereof,-'shovels 18 or the l1ke are employed, and ieis pr ferred to use two: sets ofishovels, one set being very close -13013ll6' carrying wheels and thefother' set a P few. inches to the rear amen-ward of'the forward set.

shanks 19 vertically ustable on beams 20 secured asshown or in any other suitable The shovelsfare provided with vertical position and the seat, not shown, will preferably be located aboveor'near thecenter of the framework as distinguished from the location of the seat hereinbefore adverted'to when the appliance is in the form of a two gangsonly one appearing) are slidably connected by the customary bridge bar 26, the

is substantially the same' generallyas in the conventional two row disk cultivator, it is not deemed necessary to recapitulate the advantages andoperations of the variousparts, it being understood of course that thestructural ch-aracteristicsmay be modifiedin various ciple of construction and mode ofoperation involved or" from the spirit and scope of the appended claim. I'cl'aim; 1

z ontal framework, spaced carrying wheels particulars without departing from the prinr v r 5 In alister cultivator a substantially horisupported'from and underlying the framework, a ground engaging disk disposed forward of and angularly with referenceto each of travel of the latter, a transverse vbar hin'gedl y' supported from the rear end ofsaid framework in a plane above that of said wheels and disksand extending parallel'with supported from said bar for'operatin'g upon carrying wheel for turning'the soil in the line a,

the soil outward ofthejlines of travel of said ground wheels and disks, andmeans for ra-is ing and holding said bar with its cultivating appliancesin inoperative position, said means clining upwardly and laterally with respect eframework; e i 1 LINDEN Kr LI 23'hingedly engaging-cross bar 3. To swing the bar21,it is provided withan upwardlyv pro ecting arm 24 pivotally connected at its upper end by a link 25 with the lever I3,so

that whensaid lever ispushed forwardly, it

will, rock bar 21Iand thus raise thecu'ltivati ing shovels out of the ground, reverse 'movement of the lever embedding thef shovels 'more orless deeply into the ground, it'being i mechanism make provision for securing the e i of course understood that the latch and sector including alever and latch mechanism in-' 105 the axes of the former, cultivating devices 

